Cubs Should Go After Rich Hill
by TheGrinch13 on Nov 4, 2009 4:26 PM CST
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It was reported today that Rich Hill is now a free agent. I think that he has enormous potential and is worth at least a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. If he gets his back situation fixed, he could fill a spot nicely in the rotation.
I'm guessing that a lot of teams will go after him, with the potential that he has shown in the past. I'd hate to see the Cardinals get him and then watch Dave Duncan turn him into a 15-18 game winner.
Just think about the following quote from Michael Barrett about Hill which I found on Wikipedia.org:
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[Hill's] curveball is so electric that the first couple of times I caught him, I had a tendency to come up on the curve because it bites so much. You just don't see a left-handed curveball like that anymore. When he's good, it doesn't hang, and it's nearly unhittable." |
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HA!
thats hysterical. ur a funny guy.
"I didn't poke no goddamn rabbits!" 9/2/09
by Chicago White Sux on Nov 4, 2009 4:35 PM CST reply actions
everytime a former cub becomes a free agent or a cub is traded and has mild success, everyone wants him back
its wierd…
"hey
actually no, it's a very time honored National League Chicago response
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Why
would we want a guy we traded when he has only gotten worse? I am sure there are players that had good things to say about Aaron Miles at one time too.
You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile.
by chilango2 on Nov 4, 2009 4:54 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
Thank you good sir.
Now, go ahead and actually hit the “rec” button please.
I feel like this post deserves the full pic hijack treatment. Please help me.
The funny part about Rich Hill
Is if he signs with a team and becomes the Cy Young winner at some point in his career we’ll be treated to revisionist “history lessons” on how the Cubs gave up on him and gave him away for nothing.
I wish him the best of luck with his future endeavors but I think he’s going to become an afterthought in baseball.
Ooh....uh, yeah. I'm going to have to go ahead and...sort of...disagree with you there. Yeah.
Uh, he’s been real flaky lately and I’m not sure that he’s the caliber of pitcher you want for our team He’s been having some problems with his control.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Nov 4, 2009 5:06 PM CST reply actions
Why don't we
just allow all those other teams to “go after him”.
Lets just say tis the season for giving.
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
Let’s get Corey Patterson, too.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
As a dog returns to it's vomit....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Nov 4, 2009 6:03 PM CST up reply actions
+ 1000 BCB points
for the Scripture reference
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Proverbs 26:11
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Nov 5, 2009 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
Wow being an Atheist I missed the best parts
Thanks will use this next time a Mormon comes by to recruit
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Nov 5, 2009 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
FYI .. 2 Peter 2:22 quotes it
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Normally
I’d say this type of situation is worth a look on a minor league deal. Realistically, with Lou here, I just don’t see either side doing it, even on a minor league deal.
I think if Boston comes calling, he may ponder going home. If not, I think he’ll look for either Baltimore or another low stress situation, maybe San Diego.
Only if we get Barrett back as well
Seriously, you quoted Michael Barrett?!!?!? Cmon…
“When he’s good, it doesn’t hang, and it’s nearly unhittable” . Well yea, when a breaking pitch is thrown properly, it doesn’t hang. Usually it is thrown properly when a pitcher is throwing well.
Rec’d
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Heavens to mergatroid
"Cubs will win 79 to 83 games." BLou (7/21/09)
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 4, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
I had a crush on Veronica when I was 8
Confession is good for the soul.
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Betty's more my style
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:03 AM CST up reply actions
Seems more like an argument over
Lager versus Ale. I’ll start with the one that’s 45 degrees and ready and open the next later.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
Maybe we trade Miles
Bradley, and Fontenot for Hill, Roberts and Markakis.
I will take Hill that way.
Do you think the Yankees would trade Sabathia for Heilman?
Maybe they’d throw in Burnett if we gave them Andres Blanco. Idk if I’d do that deal though
(sarcasm)
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
I think you'd have been ok without the sarcasm tag.
At least, I hope most would have realized it.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
If I hear those two words again, I will ruin my monitor
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Dave ♥'s PV
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
hey all you need is love
said the Beatles, then they broke up
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
FYI, Rich became a tailspin after bombing in the Cubs farm system
His tailspin became a nosedive when he was moved elsewhere.
I think, sadly, his potential has to show itself somewhere else. I liked Hill. I enjoyed watching him pitch and looked forward to the promise that he could have shown.
Like Prior.
Like Pie.
Like Patterson.
Like Caudill.
Like etc ad infinitum
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Drew Hall!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
Michael Barrett wouldn't know a good pitcher
if one came up and punched him in the jaw.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
by Worf on Nov 5, 2009 7:02 AM CST reply actions 10 recs
+10
And a black eye
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Nice to see having baby Worf around had not dulled your sense of humor.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Nov 5, 2009 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
a thing of beauty Worf
rec’d
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
That Hill has excellent stuff...
when healthy may actually be the silliest thing that I’ve heard in months. You do understand that most of us have watched him pitch, yes?
Nice fastball. Inconsistent breaking ball. No third pitch. Terrible control. Very hittable the second time through the lineup and beyond.
All that said, I’d still give him a NRI is I were Jim Hendry, if only as a matter of organizational courtesy.
If you were Jim Hendry
You’d then allow him to break camp and put him on the 60-day DL for 7 years so he got fully vested in MLB pension.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
I think
a couple of weeks to showcase himself is kind enough, thank you.
by Damen Jackson on Nov 5, 2009 9:11 AM CST up reply actions
See? That's why you're not Jim Hendry
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:19 AM CST up reply actions
Is this guy Jim Hendry
scroll down
"I hate to sound like a broken record, but I guess it's better than sounding like a broken mp3 player because then you would'nt hear anything." - Len Kasper
That was my guess
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 3:16 PM CST up reply actions
I thought he had awesome curveball ?
Wasn’t that his famous pitch. He really was amazing for one brief shining moment.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Nov 5, 2009 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
Agreed, Hill was awesome when
his curve could be taken for a strike. When the batter could rest their bat on the shoulder and reach base or just jack fastballs, not so good.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
If he wants a non-roster invite to ST
… sure. Otherwise, pass.
I was a big Rich Hill fan. He was about the only thing to watch in the final months of the ‘06 season. That said, the way he completely fell apart doesn’t make me think he’ll ever bounce back.
If he's willing to come cheap, sure
And the team can’t figure him into any of our plans at the Major League level. If somehow he figures out why he can’t hit the strike zone and fixes that and is able to contribute in some way, that would be a gift.
The baseball season
is officially over, making laughing at this thread probably the most fun that we’ll have all day.
by Damen Jackson on Nov 5, 2009 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe someone should create a new silly one
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:06 AM CST up reply actions
What?
Like “Why Carlos Zambrano for Alex Rios just makes sense”?
by Damen Jackson on Nov 5, 2009 9:08 AM CST up reply actions
I know one WGN radio personality who would make that deal
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
Really?
Who is that? I’m afraid that I don’t listen to radio very often.
by Damen Jackson on Nov 5, 2009 9:17 AM CST up reply actions
I forget his name
But I hear he’s just PHENOMENAL.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:19 AM CST up reply actions
Oh...
Now I understand.
i tried watching CTL a few times, and had to quit, mostly because of him. The commentary alone was terrible, but how his wardrobe passes a Harding test, I’ve no idea.
Did he really say that Cabrera hits for average?
by Damen Jackson on Nov 5, 2009 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
That's why BCB is great - it educates!
I didn’t know what a Harding test was . . . now I do. FWIW, one of the links that came up was mahalo.com, so as the Hawaiians say – Mahalo!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
He also thinks Ben Sheets is far superior to Rich Harden
Because he throws a fancy curveball and Harden only has a changeup.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
Nice start!
That didn’t take long at all.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:16 AM CST up reply actions
Doing a google image search for "silly"...
… brings up this as the first result:
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
That cat is about to burst out laughing...
…at the thought of someone using a Michael Barrett quote as a means of supporting an opinion about baseball.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Michael's punch on AJ was a cheap shot
But you got to admit, for about 20 minutes, every Cubs fan in the Nation was proud.
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
I was happy
It was rumored that he received many " donations" from other MLB players to cover the fine.
A.J is not the most hated guy in the MLB for nothing.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Nov 5, 2009 4:16 PM CST up reply actions
Michael had his moments.
But history will likely show that he wasn’t all that good at baseball. He certainly wasn’t a great catcher.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
maybe not a great catcher
but not that bad either at all, actually ..
remember the time he picked off the base runner at Wrigley caught between first and second .. he actually ran across the infield to get the guy.
can’t remember the game but it made my jaw hang when I saw it
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
I remember when he threw behind the winning run at third
And the run scored.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 6, 2009 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
Hm, I don't remember that.
I believe he had a pretty bad reputation defensively. His strength really was his bat – and that seemed to strangely evaporate once he left Chicago. Last I heard he was with the Blue Jays minor league system, I think.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Add "Cubs" to the search
And see what the second picture is. I decided not to post it.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 5, 2009 9:20 AM CST up reply actions
Funny post
at least I hope you were trying to be funny.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
Been there done that.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
I'ver read good things...
about this kid Mike, Mitch, Mark? Prior. He has some electric stuff coming out of college. We should look into signing him this off season.
That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.
by Ditkavsworld
Go after him...
…for what reason? To get a refund on the money they paid him?
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
Chicago Cubs debit collection agency
I can see it now, this is how Ricketts is going to get money for the Future Free Agents!!! Watch out Yankees we will be buying our World Series Next!
That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.
by Ditkavsworld
actually ..
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
That's pretty sick-looking
What exactly is that?
"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver
by wrigleyrocker12 on Nov 5, 2009 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
It is a scene from "Cocoon 5: The Deadening"
Actually, it appears to be a really serious case of a tropical storm forming literally out of the blue along a squall line of some sort. I don’t know where this at – in open ocean or on the lakes – but it is really freaky ..
I don’t know about you, but I hope they’ve got the hatches battened down real good on that ship, and that their dramamine levels are set on High.
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
by cubnational on Nov 10, 2009 11:08 PM CST up reply actions
Al, what happened to the Vista thread???
I was just a posting like crazy, had to take Mrs Cubnational and I out on an errand and came back and it was GONE!
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
I suspect the original poster deleted it.
I didn’t. I was having fun in there myself.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Ok, I didn't think you did .. I was too
And the original poster seemed to be good with it .. guess he got rubbed the wrong way.
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
by cubnational on Nov 10, 2009 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
This is the motto I live by
That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.
by Ditkavsworld
just answered your own question
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Nov 8, 2009 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
THAT is really strange .. anyone know if Fox is still with the team?
I remember when he got hurt that one spring a few years back and Prior was supposedly really upset by it all. The whole bullpen is almost virtually different from them (I think Demp and Z are the only two there when he was there).
What gives with that?
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
by cubnational on Nov 10, 2009 11:03 PM CST up reply actions
Chad Fox, I believe, was released.
He’s no longer on the 40-man roster list. I think he was just kept there so he could get his 10 years of service time and qualify for a pension.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
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